Jan
noun
a male given name, form of John.
Jan
1 American
[jan, yahn]
/ dʒæn, yɑn /
Jan.
2
American
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Jan
British
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Example Sentences
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To this day, the family does not know where that Ján Figel’ is buried, his namesake said.
From Washington Times • Feb. 6, 2023
“It was the death of Ján Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová that woke up Slovakia,” he said, vowing that his administration would have “zero tolerance for corruption”.
From The Guardian • Mar. 1, 2020
So anyone who was surprised by the death last month of the Slovak journalist Ján Kuciak was not paying attention.
From The Guardian • Mar. 9, 2018
“They held a minute’s silence for Ján in the European parliament, but what are they actually doing to help us fight this?”
From The Guardian • Mar. 2, 2018
Mírzá Áqá Ján wrote them as they were dictated, while the Most Great Branch was continually occupied in transcribing them.
From God Passes By by Shoghi Effendi
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